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ISSNPublishing IndustryReinventing the Impact Factor for the 21st century
2014/05/05

Reinventing the Impact Factor for the 21st century

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Phil Davis, a publishing consultant, describes how the journal Impact Factor is calculated and highlights its major weaknesses. He mostly focuses on how Thomson Reuters’ citation services could be reconfigured to more adequately satisfy the needs of publishers and editors.